When Hart of Dixie picks up, lovebirds Lavon and Annabeth (the newly promoted Kaitlyn Black) are “still happily together,” showrunner Leila Gerstein shared recently with TVLine, “but having some tension because his demanding cousin has moved in.”

Said troublemaker, we’ve learned exclusively, will be played by newcomer Antoinette Robertson (Zero Hour, A Gifted Man).

Her character, Lynly, is described as “beautiful yet spoiled and clueless.”

Dexter alum Josh Cooke, meanwhile, will recur in Dixie‘s third season, per The Hollywood Reporter. He joins the CW charmer as a New Yorker who feels out of place upon relocating to Bluebell.

• Despite chopping her hair and shipping off to Haiti out of love for Pastor Casey – nevermind the wedding decorations reporters on a recent set visit spotted in her apartment — The Mindy Project‘s Dr. Lahiri will be single for most of the Fox comedy’s upcoming sophomore season. Per EW.com, star Mindy Kaling confirmed that Anders Holm’s hip holy man will be back (albeit likely briefly) in Season 2; in addition, Chloe Sevigny (Big Love), who plays Danny’s ex-wife, and Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live), who plays Mindy’s former boyfriend, also will return.

• Isabella Rosselini (Alias) has booked a guest spot on NBC’s new fall drama The Blacklist, The Wrap reports, playing an advocate who becomes the target of an assassin.

• Trevor Donovan (90210) will guest-star as an awful best man at a wedding in an upcoming episode of Drop Dead Diva, per The Hollywood Reporter.

• Martin Henderson (Off the Map) has landed the lead role in Sundance Channel’s The Red Road (fka The Descendants), Deadline reports. The series revolves around a sheriff (Henderson) struggling to keep his family together while policing two clashing communities.